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Looking Beyond Enrollment: The Causal Effect of Need-Based Grants on College Access, Persistence, and Graduation / Benjamin L. Castleman, Bridget Terry Long.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Castleman, Benjamin L.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w19306.
- NBER working paper series no. w19306
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Looking Beyond Enrollment
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2013.
- Summary:
- The government has attempted to ameliorate gaps in college access and success by providing need-based grants, but little evidence exists on the long-term impacts of such aid. We examine the effects of the Florida Student Access Grant (FSAG) using a regression-discontinuity strategy and exploiting the cut-off used to determine eligibility. We find grant eligibility had a positive effect on attendance, particularly at public four-year institutions. Moreover, FSAG increased the rate of credit accumulation and bachelor's degree completion within six years, with a 22 percent increase for students near the eligibility cutoff. The effects are robust to sensitivity analysis.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- August 2013.
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